Okay, so here we go… the last chapter of this story… all that I have left is an epilogue that shows how Seth and Summer's lives have turned out a few years after Eric.

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Until The End Of Time

Softly, Summer traced the light pink bruise on her left cheek and examined herself in the bathroom mirror.

The bruise was the only evidence of what she had been through the last couple of days. But pretty soon, just like the man who put her through another nightmare, the bruise would fade away.

Summer sighed and pulled out a make up tube from one of the shelves and put something of the cream on her forefinger, to rub it over the bruise. The least she could do was cover it and act like she was perfectly fine. Even if she knew that she wasn't.

The memory of the past days tightened her breast, and as she recalled how close to death she had been, a slight tear ran over her face.

"Hey you."

In shock, Summer gasped and spun around to see Seth standing in the door frame, giving her a warm smile.

"Oh, it's just you." She said and turned around again.

Slowly, Seth went over to her and hugged her from behind, placing a gentle kiss on her head. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to frighten you."

Now Summer had to smile as well as she leant into Seth's embrace. The couple both looked at each other in the mirror. When Seth saw how Summer had tried to cover her bruise with make up, his hand went up to her cheek and softly traced it.

"Are you okay?" Seth asked, his gaze worried.

Summer nodded slightly and smiled. "Yeah." She whispered and pulled Seth's arms closer around her.

For a long time, the two of them just stood in the bathroom, hugging and simply enjoying each other's company.

After a while, Summer turned around and faced Seth. "I'm so glad I found you." She whispered almost unhearable and leant her head against Seth's chest.

A happy smile escaped Seth's lips, and he kissed Summer on the top of her head again.

Summer looked up again. "I love you so much."

Seth gave Summer a broad smile. "And I love you." He replied. "And I'm so glad you're back."

Just like being brought together by some secret magnet, their lips neared each other and they lost themselves in a long, passionate kiss that made both of them completely aware of how lucky they were to be with each other.

After a little while, Summer softly pulled away from Seth and smiled at him. "Come on now." She said and took Seth's hand to softly guide him out of the bathroom.

"Let's have our baby named officially."

The christening of Julian Alexander Cohen was a huge event that brought the whole Cohen-Cooper-Atwood patchwork family together.

Almost a whole month after his birth, Seth and Summer Cohen's son was officially named in front of his family. The young parents knew that their child had the most beautiful name on earth. The cute little baby boy truly deserved it. He had been living without a name for the first four weeks of his life.

But now that Summer had regained all of her memory, and now that everything semed to be working out perfectly fine, the young parents were finally able to chose a name for their first child.

After the ceremony, the whole family had dinner together in the Cohen's backyard.

Kirsten stood at the edge of the patio, watching her son and his wife cuddling and kissing their cute little baby over and over again.

Ryan came up from behind and laid a hand on Kirsten's shoulder.

"They're cute, huh?" he asked and smiled broadly.

Kirsten laughed. Ryan had just trapped her becoming sentimental again. She nodded and turned around to face her son.

"I'm so happy for them. They truly deserve this." She said and tried to hold back her tears of joy. She pointed out to Summer who just held her little boy up in the air, trying to make him laugh. "Especially Summer doesn't seem to get enough of little Cohen."

Ryan nodded and smiled. "Well, she's got a lot of time to make up."

Kirsten smiled again and gave Sandy, who had just joined the little family gathering, a kiss on the cheek. "Do you think it's time for the surprise now?" she asked her husband, who nodded.

"Sure it is. Give me a mike, and I'm happy." Sandy said and the couple strolled off to reveal the secret arrangement they had made.

Ryan laughed as he watched his parents leave the patio, as he felt Marissa's arms hugging him from behind.

"Look how happy they are." she whispered into his ear.

Ryan turned around and smiled at his girlfriend. "Wait until Kirsten and Sandy are finished, then they're gonna be really happy." He said and took Marissa's hand in his to pay attention to Sandy who had just climbed the grill counter in the Cohen's backyard to make an announcement.

Sandy patted a spoon against his glass of champagne and cleared his throat.

"Excuse me, can I have your attention please?" he asked and smiled when everyone stared at him.

"Thank you."

He pointed out to Seth and Summer.

"Will you two please come over here, your mother and I have a surprise prepared for you."

Summer frowned at Seth as she tried to find out what her parents-in-law had prepared. The only answer Seth had was a shrug, as he was completely unaware as well of what was about to happen.

When the two of them arrived at the counter, Sandy climbed down and took an envelope Kirsten handed him, and gave it to Seth.

"Our son, this is for you." Sandy said and looked at Summer. "And for you, our daughter."

Summer smiled and swallowed hard to hide how touched she was from Sandy's comment.

Kirsten nipped baby Julian in the cheek. "And for you, too." She added and smiled as she watched Seth opening the envelope.

Summer stood on her tiptoes to see what was in the envelope when she saw how Seth's jaw dropped. Her husband's hand sunk down and he looked unbelievingly at his parents.

"Mom, Dad, this is…" was all Seth could manage to say.

Kirsten folded her hands in front of her face and grinned broadly. "You deserve it." She said and stroked her son's cheek.

Sandy nodded enthusiastically. "It's the least we can do."

Unnerved, Summer ripped the envelope out of Seth's hand to see what oh-so-touching thing was in it.

And when she discovered it, her hand sunk down just like Seth's had a few seconds ago.

Kirsten and Sandy had built a brand new house for the young family, with a huge garden for children to play in, a pool and a poolhouse.

One tiny tear ran down Summer's cheek as she leant over to Kirsten and Sandy to embrace them, as good as she could with her little son on one arm. Seth joined his family for the embrace.

Both of them knew that their new life had just begun, and that with all of their great friends and family, this life could be the best life ever.

One week after the christening, Seth, Summer and Julian moved into their new house, not far away from the Cohen house. And after having been apart for so long, the three of them tried to spend as much time together as possible. After all they had been through, they knew that time together was more precious than anything else.

One evening, Seth and Summer lay in their bed, their small son sleeping peacefully between them. From time to time, his gorgeous little face would start to smile.

Summer watched her baby and softly kissed his little, one and a half month old head.

"Sweet dreaming." She whispered.

Seth smiled as well and watched Summer caressing the little baby. After a while, he silently took her face in his hands and started stroking it with his thumbs.

Their eyes locked for a long time before Summer finally started to speak.

"I'm okay," she whispered, knowing very well what Seth was thinking about. "Eric can't harm me anymore."

Seth took his hands back and nodded. "You're so strong in every way, it amazes me every time."

Summer smiled and leant over to kiss her husband lovingly. "The scars on my soul are gonna take a very long time to heal." She answered. "But as long as I have you…" she smiled at Seth, "…and you…" she said and carefully rubbed the baby's little tummy, "…I'l be perfectly fine."

Just as if he had heard what was said around him during his sleep, little Julian started to smile again. It made the hearts of the young partens melt.

Summer sighed happily and took one of her son's tiny hands in hers. "It's unbelievable how much I love him." She said.

Seth grinned and nodded. "I know what you mean…" he took the baby's other hand. "We need to have more of these."

Summer raised her eyebrows. "Sure, Cohen, cuz it was so funny the first time." She joked. She looked down at Julian and her face became serious. "Let's just live – and see what happens. Deal?"

Seth smiled. "Deal. Nothing I'd rather do."

When the two of them lost themselves in a long, passionate kiss, the baby that still slept between them smiled once again.

It was a smile that made their lives perfect.

Until the end of time.

Read on and see the epilogue…